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Aye. Think my next car will be a GTR. Couple of hundred quid a year to maintain, tyres only 100 quid per corner and body panels readily available on the cheap.
What could possibly go wrong...
Okay, I'll bite.
We're talking about sports cars that are circa 35k. Roughly 1500 every two years on dealer approved new rubber is a moot point, half that for generics.
The service costs and intervals for the VR38 are well in line with any other high performance lump. That's main dealer prices mind, joes autos will change the oil for 100 quid if you don't want the dealer stamp. EBC do a full red pad set for about 300 quid. My brother has spent about 1500 on maintenance in three years, not unreasonable at all for such a car.
Bizarrely enough, whenever I've bought a new sports car the availability of replacement panels has never been a concern. I just prefer not crashing tbh.
So, onto the implied lack of cornering ability. I'd be interested if anyone who's ever said that has actually been in one driven in anger. I'd guess not.
Standard GTR does the ring in 7,19 the Nismo version does it in 7,08. There's a few corners on that track iir.
For the Honda they'd probably be about 150 quid (on Demon Tweeks they're 136 for the EP3).
Taken from Pistonheads:
Discs and pads; a grand per corner
Dunlops from a dealer; £2.5k
http://www.pistonheads.com/GASSING/...=0&nmt=Nissan+GT-R+-+real+world+running+costs......
I can't see discs and pads being more than 250 a corner on the Honda and a set of tyres no more than 1000 using dealer-spec ones.
Cost to replace brakes and tyres on a GTR - £6,500.
Cost to replace brakes and tyres on a CTR - £2,000.
Quite a big difference.
Also, you're comparing a second-hand car with no warranty with a new one that'll probably have 3 years.
You've also got mpg/tax - the GTR must do 20mpg? I'd imagine the CTR to do 35mpg or so. £500 a year to tax compared to £200? Then insurance...
Obviously the GTR is in another level of performance but I don't think it comes at the same cost.
Edit: although to be fair, accounting for depreciation will probably go in the GTR's favour a fair bit.
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